After a Christmas holiday with record-breaking temperatures, heavy rain, high winds and even some snow, the weather calmed down late Boxing Day afternoon. On Friday, temperatures reached a maximum of 17 C.For Bathurst, the last record was 9 C in 2003. This year, the new record is 13 C.The previous high temperature for Saint John was 12 C on Christmas, 2003. Elsewhere in the maritimes, Halifax broke its record by 0.3 C and Charlottetown broke the record by about one degree. High winds caused power outages Christmas Day in New Brunswick, leaving about 3,000 customers without electricity for some time on Friday evening.

Source: CBC News December 26, 2020 15:00 UTC